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Bruce Springsteen and Broadway have made me a better Catholic. Really. In March of 1988, I found myself at a Springsteen concert in the Spectrum in Philadelphia. It was the “Tunnel of Love” tour. I had fallen in love with Springsteen’s music when I was a high school student in Arizona. Once I came to [...]

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Meg Farris / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS — few people know that for the last six months, Mayor Mitch Landrieu has been moonlighting. Most mornings he would leave the house before sunrise at 4:30 a.m., to pound the pavement to accomplish something he’s never done before, running a marathon. All morning long, walkers and joggers, and [...]

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Just like the Springsteen song, these dogs were born to run. no really, they were literally born to run, not just pump their fists at a Bruce show. So when considering having a look at Weimaraner puppies just be aware that these dogs need plenty of exercise when you get them home. The perfect owner [...]

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By Wendy Li | October 13, 2011 8:54 AM EDT Google+ traffic has plunged more than 60 percent after it went public on September 20, which makes everyone wonder whether the new-born social network has run out of breath already. Initially, Google+ only invited limited number people to join and during the “invite-only” phase, it [...]

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My alarm clock spat its reminder out that it was time to wake up. I lay for a second and gathered my thoughts. when was the last time I saw 5.25am? I was due in Maine today. Not for tourism, but for work, and on grown-up journalism duties no less. I was not headed to [...]

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I was listening to the song recently and I could have sworn I had heard the main riff to the song elsewhere, in another song, but I can't recall which.

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For those of you who found the visual-arts offerings at Bumbershoot fine as far as they went but a little thin on the ground, the “NEPO 5k Don’t Run” may satisfy your appetite for aesthetic overload. It is, frankly, a monster. Five kilometers long! Eighty artists, of different stripes, involved! Interactive artwork! Live music! Refreshments! [...]

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